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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Nextnav, Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Wolf, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Dormody, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NextNav, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01C 5/06 (2006.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); G01C 5/06 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01);
Abstract
Using atmospheric data from one or more reference nodes to estimate an altitude of a receiver. Assistance data associated with a set of reference nodes within a region is identified, and the assistance data is used to identify atmospheric reference data associated with a subset of selected reference nodes. An estimate of the receiver's altitude is generated using the atmospheric reference data from the subset of reference nodes.